Flybe to employ CTC WINGS “whitetail” graduates

SOUTHAMPTON, U.K. - Jan. 8, 2015 - PRLog -- Media Release:  8 January 2015

Visitors to CTC Aviation’s first Careers Event for 2015 will be able to discover first-hand about the exciting new opportunities available with Europe’s largest regional airline, Flybe, for CTC WINGS graduate pilots. Captain James Smart, Head of Crew Training for Flybe will be the Guest Speaker on Saturday 31 January at CTC Aviation’s Crew Training Centre - Southampton (UK).

The timing of CTC Aviation’s January Careers Event coincides with the news that Flybe is now employing CTC WINGS “whitetail” graduates for the first time.  Pilots who completed their airline pilot training through CTC Aviation’s CTC WINGS Integrated ATPL Route are put forward for airline placement towards the end of their training by CTC Aviation’s dedicated graduate placement team.  The company facilitates opportunities with a number of Partner airlines, but this is the first time such an opportunity has been made available to join Flybe.  The first group of these “whitetail” pilots to be selected by Flybe will be ready for operational flying on the airline’s Dash 8 fleet by Spring 2015.

Flybe and CTC Aviation have been working together since 2012 when the two companies launched the first CTC WINGS ATPL Route, with applicants being jointly selected by CTC Aviation and Flybe prior to the commencement of training. As part of this programme Flybe offers partial sponsorship towards completion of the course with CTC Aviation. The first graduates of that original intake celebrated their achievements at CTC Aviation’s annual graduation ceremony last month. Additional CTC WINGS trainees destined for Flybe are currently at various phases of their training with CTC Aviation at the company’s Crew Training Centres in the United Kingdom and New Zealand.

The news that Flybe will now also employ graduates of the CTC WINGS Integrated ATPL “whitetail” Route as they complete training means that CTC Aviation is in a position to offer even greater freedom of choice to their aspiring pilots.  The company maintains an unrivalled 98% placement record with graduates already being regularly placed with airlines such as easyJet and British Airways.

Those interested in attending the careers event should register through CTC Aviation’s website in advance.  Captain Smart will be joined by a team of CTC WINGS graduate pilots already flying with Flybe and, together with speakers from CTC Aviation and the Aviation Skills Partnership (the team behind CTC Aviation’s optional BSc (Hons) Degree), they will be on hand to answer questions throughout the day.

For more information on CTC WINGS and to register for the CTC Aviation Careers Event on 31 January, visit ctcaviation.com/wings

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Media Contact:

Karen Bath – Head of Corporate Communications and Marketing Services, CTC Aviation

t: +44 (0) 7977 271 338

e: karen.bath@ctcaviation.com

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About CTC Aviation

CTC Aviation is a global pilot training and resourcing company providing innovative solutions in partnership with customers around the world.  Latest-generation Crew Training Centres and resources are located at attractive, well-connected, convenient locations in the UK, NZ and USA

CTC Aviation’s services cover the full spectrum of requirements from ab initio trainee pilot selection, training and airline placement to the more advanced aircrew selection, training and provisioning requirements for experienced pilots, instructors and examiners.

As an Internationally Approved Training Organisation (for ab initio and type rating training), the company trains and recruits approximately 3,000 aircrew for more than 50 global airlines each year.

Airline clients include British Airways, Dragonair, easyJet, easyJet Switzerland, fastjet, Flybe, flydubai,

IndiGo, Jet2.com, Jet Airways, the Jetstar Group, Monarch Airlines, Oman Air, Qatar Airways, Royal Brunei Airlines, Thomas Cook Airlines, Thomson Airways and Virgin Atlantic Airways.

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About Flybe

Flybe, Europe's largest regional airline – 199 routes serving 14 countries from 85 departure points, 37 UK/48 European airports* (all routes on sale Dec ’14 – Sep ‘15); operates more UK domestic flights than any other airline (UK CAA Nov ’13 - Oct ’14); is the largest scheduled airline by air traffic movements at Belfast City, Birmingham, Exeter, Glasgow, Inverness, Manchester, Newquay and Southampton airports (UK CAA Oct ’14); has fleet of67 aircraft – 45 Bombardier Q400, 11 Embraer 195 & 11 E175; codeshares with BA, Air France, Etihad, KLM, Finnair, Aer Lingus and Cathay Pacific; has two franchise partners, Loganair and Stobart Air and was Amsterdam Schiphol’s Airline of the Year 2012 Europe.

* Flown under the Flybe brand (32 routes/12 airports exclusively served by Flybe’s franchise partner, Loganair: and six routes and five airports exclusively operated by franchise partner, Stobart Air)